Monarquicos

The Monarquicos was a monarchist faction of Portuguese politics that existed from 1836 to 1936. The party fully supported the Portuguese monarchy, but its views differed from other reactionary parties of its day. The only quality that it shared with the typical reactionary party was its argument that the government should run the state's capitalist economy; the party was unique in that it supported lowered tariffs and free trade, religious freedom, limited rights for minorities (as opposed to enforcing assimilation policies and xenophobia), and a strong military (as opposed to a jingoistic foreign policy). The Monarquicos would therefore be considered to be a party of the moderate right, and they gained substantial support during the 1830s.